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The Irises
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37 The Irises Their green sepals begin like mouths, forming the word okay, turning over at the tips to say yes, then oh yes. Three deep-purple petals smoldering give way to three more giving way. Fire breaks through as a seam in the center. These are messengers remembering that to speak is to bloom and to bloom is to sing and sing and sing. ...